Parent & Family Pulse Poll – February 2015 – Sources of
Information
Results (111 responses)
My student is a:
Answer Options
High school student
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Grad student
Response Percent
Response Count
0.9%
36.0%
27.0%
18.9%
17.1%
0.0%
1
40
30
21
19
0
answered question
111
What sources of information for parents and family members do you use
the most? Select all that apply.
Response Response
Answer Options
Percent
Count
69.4%
77
Parent & Family Monthly eNewsletter
53.2%
59
Texas Tech University website
27.0%
30
Parent & Family Relations website
5.4%
6
Texas Tech Undergraduate Catalog
4.5%
5
The Daily Toreador
54.1%
60
My student gives me updates
6.3%
7
The Parent & Family Guide
Emails and other communications from my
11.7%
13
student's academic college or department
9.0%
10
Texas Tech Today
12.6%
14
Other Texas Tech parents and family members
Texas Tech Parents Association meetings
31.5%
35
and/or emails
Texas Tech University social media (Facebook,
26.1%
29
Twitter, Instagram)
Texas Tech Alumni Association magazine and
10.8%
12
or/emails
4
Other (please specify)
answered question
111
Most parents surveyed utilized the Parent & Family
eNewsletter (69%), the Texas Tech University website,
www.ttu.edu (53%), communications from the Texas Tech
Parents Association (32%), the Parent & Family Relations
website, www.parent.ttu.edu (27%), and Texas Tech
University social media sites (26%).
Communication with students goes a long way, too. 54% of
survey respondents reported that they rely on their students’
updates to stay informed.
Consider trying some of the additional avenues for
information about Texas Tech included below:
www.dailytoreador.com – The Daily Toreador
www.today.ttu.edu – Texas Tech Today
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/ - Official
Publications – contains academic calendars and the
Undergraduate Catalog
http://www.facebook.com/TexasTechYou - Texas Tech on
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/TTUPFR - Parent & Family
Relations on Facebook